Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18.
Anne completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxembourg and subsequently studied English and history at Stanford University in California.
Kremer is a member of the Democratic and Liberal Youth in Luxembourg, and has entered politics. She ran for the Democratic Party in the 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg. Running in Centre, she finished 15th on the DP list, and was thus not elected.
Biography
Kremer was born in 1975 to father Jean (an engineer), and mother Ginette (a physical education teacher). Early in her career, Kremer was coached by her younger brother, Gilles. Later, she was coached by Stephane Vix. Kremer is a baseliner right-handed player with a strong backhand and a preference for grass and hard pack playing surfaces. Beside Luxembourgish, Kremer is fluent in English, French and German and plans to become a translator.
WTA career finals
Singles: 4 (2–2)
| Legend |
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| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| Tier I (0–0) |
| Tier II (0–0) |
| Tier III (0–0) |
| Tier IV & V (2–2) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 20 November 1999 | Pattaya City, Thailand | Hard | Magdalena Maleeva | 6–4, 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 8 January 2000 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Cara Black | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 19 November 2000 | Pattaya City, Thailand | Hard | Tatiana Panova | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 22 April 2001 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Magdalena Maleeva | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (5–7)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 23 May 1994 | Łódź, Poland | Clay | Talina Beiko | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 31 July 1994 | A Coruña, Spain | Clay | Paula Hermida | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2. | 21 August 1994 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Stephanie Devillé | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 11 September 1994 | Varna, Bulgaria | Clay | Marina Stets | 6–7, 7–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 20 July 1998 | Peachtree, United States | Hard | Kristina Brandi | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 11 October 1998 | Albuquerque, United States | Hard | Jane Chi | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 19 October 1998 | Welwyn, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | 1–6, 1–1 ret. |
| Winner | 5. | 21 February 1999 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | Tara Snyder | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 1 March 1999 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Katarina Srebotnik | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 10 May 2004 | Stockholm, Sweden | Clay | Anastasia Rodionova | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 24 January 2010 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Mona Barthel | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 25 September 2010 | Shrewsbury, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Eva Birnerová | 6–7, 6–3, 0–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W-L |
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| Australian Open | A | 1R | LQ | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | LQ | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 6–10 |
| French Open | LQ | LQ | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 1R | LQ | 1R | 1R | A | A | LQ | A | A | 5–7 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | LQ | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | 6–9 |
| US Open | LQ | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | 3–6 |
| Win-Loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 20–32 |
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| Year-end ranking | 134 | 129 | 74 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 389 | 94 | 166 | 142 | 85 | 264 | 559 | 165 | 254 | 496 | 986 | |
Head-to-head record
Footnotes